Bill's Blog

It seems that the community of Tarpon Woods often floods and water can easily become a foot deep on the streets. For this reason, Swiftmud (Southwest Florida Water Management District) is looking at alternatives. There are many ideas floating about corrective measures that can be taken to allevia...

Allstate officials met with Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty  and other state representatives in Tallahassee to discuss rate increases and Allstate dropping policy holders within our state. After about three hours of confrontation the meeting was adjourned and Allstate officials were ...

Tarpon Springs, Florida is often referred to as the Sponge Capital of the World. The reason for this is simple: Tarpon Springs has one of the most profitable sponge beds in the world!The city was founded in 1882 by Greek immigrants. Many of the Greeks that settled in Tarpon Springs came from the ...

The city of Dunedin is researching the alternative to building a new biosolid treatment plant that would be less expensive and beneficial for both the city coffers and the environment. The city recently applied for a $2.6 million grant to test a space age technology. This new technology would tra...

On Tuesday, February 5th, the city of Dunedin will celebrate Mardi Gras with a parade down Douglas Avenue which will begin at 5pm. This FAT TUESDAY celebration will include live entertainment and vendors will line Main Street offering food and beverages to the public.The city of Dunedin is expect...

Pinellas County is celebrating Diversity Week starting Saturday, January 19th in Dunedin at Pioneer Park with the city's first Martin Luther King Junior March. The march will begin at 11 am and will go from Pioneer Park to the city Recreation Center on Laura Lane. Friday, January 25th will have a...

Palm Harbor citizens can celebrate the fact that the city is bringing reclaimed water to more homes! The city is laying pipes Belcher and US 19 (east-west boundaries) and Alderman and CR 39 (east-west boundaries) to expand the area already benefiting from being able to water their lawns and shrub...

You know, living down in the North Port/Port Charlotte area for so long, I almost forgot about an old tradition of mine - Sunday morning breakfast on the beach!!! What could be a better way to start the day?Well, now that I am back up in my old hangouts and with all of my old friends, I am indulg...

There are so many things that need to be changed with the change of company. We used to be with EXIT down in Port Charlotte and are now with Charles Rutenberg up in Clearwater, but there are so many things to change that I have been kept pretty busy taking care of a lot of life's basics!A new com...

Well, leave it to the newspaper to bring us more predictions about the current housing market slump! But at least this time it is good news for our area!!!According to Florida economist Hank Fishkind, the Pasco, Pinellas and Hernando County housing markets bottomed out in 2007! Let's all hope tha...